English: Emily Dickinson 2025

Emily Dickinson looking to Canaan by John Robinson on the shelves at VCE 811 DIC.  Published in 1986.  Critically studies poems and the reclusive life of Emily Dickinson in the light of New England's intellectual and religious life at the time. Includes :

• I felt a funeral, in my brain
• This is my letter to the world
• Because I could not stop for death
• My life had stood - a loaded gun
• A narrow fellow in the grass

York Notes: Emily Dickinson selected poems. On shelves at VCE 811.DIC  Includes:

• Hope is the thing with feathers
• There's a certain slant of light
• I felt a funeral, in my brain
• I heard a fly buzz - when I died (extended critique)
• Because I could not stop for death
• My life had stood - a loaded gun

A Choice of Emily Dickinson’s Verse—VATE Inside Stories  Notes by: Robyn Shiels.  This PDF is available in the VCE Room at VCE 811 DIC

Best-selling teacher notes.
Contents: An introduction to Emily Dickinson; Ways into the text; A perspective; Dickinson’s poetic style; Close analysis of selected poems: ‘Because I could not stop for death’ and ‘Like rain it sounded till it curved’; Activities for exploring the text; References for further reading.

Eminent Victorians.  Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life.    Broadcast Channel:   ABC  Production Year: 1994  Duration: 55 minutes

Crash course was published in Jan 25, 2013 In which John Green concludes the Crash Course Literature mini-series with an examination of the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Sure, John explores the creepy biographical details of Dickinson's life, but he also gets into why her poems have remained relevant over the decades. John discusses Dickinson's language, the structure of her work, and her cake recipes. He also talks about Dickinson's famously eccentric punctuation, which again ends up relating to her cake recipes. Also, Dickinson's coconut cake recipe is included. Also, here are links to some of the poems discussed in the video:

Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest American poets. Here is her story...

Critical Reading & Writing Lecture: Emily Dickinson

In this lecture for English 1B at Moreno Valley College, Prof. Miranda Butler introduces students to Emily Dickinson, explains several key arguments in Rachel Wetzsteon's 2003 introduction to the eccentric poet, and defines key literary terms that will help students succeed in a close reading class.

Image from http://www.emilydickinson.org/manuscripts/The-Frost-of-Death-was-on-the-Pane-1 accessed September 2022

Transcription:

The Frost of Death was on the
    Pane
Protect your flower said He
Like sailers fighting with
    a leak
We fought Mortality -
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One passive flower we held
    to Sea
To mountain to the Sun
But even on his scarlet shelf
To crawl the Frost began
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We pried him back
Ourselves we wedged
Himself and Her between
But easy as a narrow snake
He forked his way along -
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Like all her helpless beauty bent
And then our wrath began
We hunted him to his Ravine